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She smell checks almost every ingredient and never tastes. Best cat. Then she smells the end product and we're both like 'that's that done, then'.

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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pretty much all the time. Whenever my cat is staring at me and I have something in my hands, if he's close enough to sniff, I hold it where he can sniff. Doesn't matter what it is.

If it's food, and maybe the food is something he is interested in, I can see his expression/posture change, and I pull back and and separate a small, cat-sized bite for him to try, being careful to only give him cat friendly morsels, like a piece of meat or something.

Usually he doesn't have any interest in what I'm eating, so that's rare. Most of the time he sniffs, then retreats to a safe distance, uninterested in what I'm having... I just think he's not sure until he gets a good whiff; so I give him one.

[–] bmsok@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Who doesn't love a good sniff?

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My parents cats love carbs/sweets.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cats can't taste sugar though

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Most sweet things usually have a lot of fat which kitties love.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what they say, but the cats sure do love it. They've eaten bits of donuts, potato chips, drank iced tea, etc..

[–] CulturedLout@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of mine would pick up mini marshmallows with a claw, lick all the powdered sugar off and then shake her paw to get rid of it, flinging the wet, sticky blob off into the unknown.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Sounds about right!